Sierra de Salinas and Sierra de Onil (rabbit dung, May)
Basic information
Sample name: Sierra de Salinas and Sierra de Onil (rabbit dung, May)
Reference: E. Galante and M. C. Cartagena. 1999. Comparison of Mediterranean dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in cattle and rabbit dung. Environmental Entomology 28(3):420-424 [ER 354]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Alicante
Coordinate: 38° 31' N, 0° 55' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: the two areas are about 30 km apart; coordinate is based on Salinas because it's about half-way in between
Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 26.1
CMT: 11.5
MAP: 231.0
Habitat comments: "Mediterranean forest dominated by holm oak"
climate based on station 83600 (Sant Vicent del Raspeig)
climate based on station 83600 (Sant Vicent del Raspeig)
Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles
Sites: 8
Sampling methods: hand capture
Sample size: 118 individuals
Years: 1994
Sampling comments: hand collection from 96 "rabbit dung heaps" in total at eight sites (four in each area)
Metadata
Sample number: 682
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-03-31 15:07:28
Modified: 2015-10-02 10:17:41
Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 118
extrapolated richness: 4.7
Fisher's α: 0.800
geometric series k: 0.3405
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4954
Shannon's H: 0.8692
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Current reference:
Huckleberry et al. 2001 (ER 3215)